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ROY LESTER PHIPPS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 30, 1949 – April 13, 1970
Service recordRoy Lester Phipps, of Zanesville, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 1
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHB 1 BN 39 ARTY 108 ARTY GRP
- Born
- September 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Zanesville, Ohio (Muskingum County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HHB 1 BN 39 ARTY 108 ARTY GRP”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 1
- KENNETH LEON MCCARTYSpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
- LEWIS CHARLES OUELLETTESpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
- ROBERT LEE PENDERGASTSergeant · April 13, 1970
- JAMES MICHAEL REINHARDTSergeant · April 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LEWIS CHARLES OUELLETTESpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 1
From Zanesville
- GUY WINFRED HUEYSergeant First Class · December 30, 1966
- MARION EARL WILSONPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- RICKY LEE HULLWarrant Officer 1 · February 9, 1968
- KENNETH CLAIR FLEMING JRCorporal · June 21, 1968
- JERRY LEE SHULTZSpecialist Four · July 22, 1968
- JOHN EUGENE WICKHAMSergeant · August 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE GARRETTPrivate First Class · October 22, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH GILDOWPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
- KENNETH DAVISPetty Officer Second Class · February 25, 1969
- THOMAS WAYNE UNDERWOODStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.